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This 4 page paper outlines the many sacrifices that we have made in the name of national security and the erosion of our faith in law enforcement that has occurred as a result of those sacrifices. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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law enforcement is based. The foundation of community support is built on faith and trust that law enforcement personnel are bound both morally and legally to a precise set
of laws, laws that are established in recognition of the US Constitution itself. Unfortunately, in recent years our society has witnessed a degradation of those laws. This degradation
has occurred in step with our escalating concern for homeland security and the implementation of such laws as the Patriot Act (an Act that ironically enough is up for renewal
at the end of 2009). Officially known as Public Law 107-56, the Patriot Act is one of the most controversial laws of all time. The Patriot Act
is still very much in effect today. Indeed, although it was originally written so that certain provisions would be phased out by the end of 2009, it now appears
that Democratic President Baraq Obama himself is supporting the Act and that these provisions will be reinstated (Interpress Service, 2009)! Put in place at a time when our
concerns regarding terrorism were at an all time high, the Patriot Act is regarded by many as a necessary provision in national security. Others, however, condemn the Act because
of its impact to American civil rights. Along with that condemnation has been an erosion in our faith in our law enforcement system. The controversy
surrounding the Patriot Act revolves largely around specific provisions of the Act which allow certain rights that we have previously taken for granted to erode before our eyes. One
of the primary criticisms of the act, for example, targets Section 15 of the Act. This section technically allows representatives of the federal government to access private records
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